fifty-five-word stories

They’ve been going back and forth for the past month...

Mar 31st

Every morning that summer, I’d go to her house and...

Mar 30th

It was a lazy afternoon and I was just sitting in my room,...

Mar 28th

We were roommates for the week and I was terrified of her!...

Mar 28th

Something about that day changed the way I looked at you. I...

Mar 27th

These walks we take together define our relationship. When...

Mar 25th

I had a dream about you. I wondered why when I woke up the...

Mar 25th

He told me he’d pick me up after my class. I furrowed...

Mar 24th

There’s a window in the house across from ours that I...

Mar 23rd

The sun was blazing and our backs were already burning from...

Mar 21st

Five minutes had already passed and I was staring at the...

Mar 21st

“I spent a chunk of my birthday in the air.” she...

Mar 20th

There is not a day I don’t think of you. Everything...

Mar 19th

We need to talk are the words you never want to hear. It’s...

Mar 18th

The ride home is long and lonely. I stare out the window,...

Mar 17th

You crossed the line. My rules were simple, but for some...

Mar 15th

I’ve been counting the steps since I first knew how...

Mar 14th

She was stuck at work for the third night this week. Her...

Mar 13th

This light looks good on you, crooned the speakers as I woke...

Mar 12th

We had our chips and a bottle of our favorite salsa. I was...

Mar 12th

There are three essentials to my summer: sand, sun, and...

Mar 11th

It was breezy outside when we decided to take a walk. Then...

Mar 10th

I collect snow globes. You know those round things that you...

Mar 9th

I never thought of him that way. We’ve always just...

Mar 7th

I knew something was wrong. He would have called me by now,...

Mar 6th

She looked around. She wasn’t sure, but not seeing a...

Mar 5th

It’s been a really long day, I’m tired was what...

Mar 5th

On days like these, she likes to sit in her room, blinds...

Mar 4th

We sat in silence for over five minutes—or maybe longer, I...

Mar 2nd

It was our first trip as a couple. I was excited when he...

Mar 2nd

My mother’s mornings were spent running from their hut...

Feb 28th